British Airways Cabin Crew (Image Credit: British Airways)It never rains, but it pours!

Unite, the union which represents British Airways “Mixed Fleet” cabin crew at London Heathrow, has decided to round off BA’s worst week in nearly ten years by announcing industrial action over four consecutive days from Friday 16 June to Monday 19 June 2017.

This is continuation of a dispute that led to well in excess of 20 days of industrial action over February and March, albeit with very limited impact to BA’s schedules.

BA has yet to its confirm its schedules during the strike. However, it does say that all customers will be able to reach their destinations during the strike, suggesting that short-haul routes with multiple flights a day are most at risk of cancellations

What can be confirmed now is:

All flights from London City, London Gatwick and London Stansted will operate as normal.

All flights from UK regional airports (apart from flights to London Heathrow) will operate as normal

The majority of flights from London Heathrow will operate as normal with some flights merged and short-haul flights most at risk of cancellation. There may also be some tactical long-haul cancellations

BA will not publish a list of cancelled flights as it evidently keen to play down the impact of the industrial action.

If your flight is cancelled you wile offered the opportunity to rebook to an alternative flight or a refund

The impact of the strike is likely to be low. The best advice is to check your booking using the Manage My Booking tool and ensure your e-mail and telephone contact details are up to date. In addition, it is a good idea to download the BA app to your smartphone to receive notifications about your flight.

In terms of the risk of further industrial action, the union is required to give 14 days’ notice to BA. So if there are no announcements two weeks before your flight you can assume it is not a risk of strike action.

Update: As of Friday 9 June, BA does not appear to have updated its scheduled to take account of the planned industrial action.

Update 10 June: The strike has been suspended and all flights are scheduled to operate as normal.

My husband and I are getting worried as we are flying to Denver on 16th June. Our dogs are booked already in a holiday home and this holiday has been booked for nearly a year now. All our hotels on tour are booked. Our flight is due to leave at 17.35. I do hope it is not cancelled. Getting really worried.

I am leaving Qatar on a BA flight the morning of June 16th. We are already having enough problems in Qatar and now this. To make matters more complicated my flight is a multi-city flight. We fly Doha to Chicago (via London) and then 2 months later fly Chi-Krakow (via London). If we did need to cancel our flight, I am not sure how that would affect our 2nd leg.